US9046675B2 - Zoom lens and imaging apparatus - Google Patents

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US9046675B2
US9046675B2 US14/189,480 US201414189480A US9046675B2 US 9046675 B2 US9046675 B2 US 9046675B2 US 201414189480 A US201414189480 A US 201414189480A US 9046675 B2 US9046675 B2 US 9046675B2
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  • the present invention relates to a zoom lens and more particularly to a zoom lens favorably used for small video cameras and the like.
  • the invention also relates to an imaging apparatus provided with such a zoom lens.
  • a two-group type zoom lens formed of a first lens group having a negative refractive power and a second lens group having a positive refractive power disposed in order from the object side in which zooming is performed by moving the first and the second lens groups in optical axis directions is known.
  • This type of zoom lens is favorably used for small video cameras and the like.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,877,901 describes a two-group type zoom lens in which the first lens group is formed of four lenses, i.e., a negative lens (lens having a negative refractive power), a negative lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens (lens having a positive refractive power) disposed in order from the object side (Example 5).
  • a negative lens lens having a negative refractive power
  • a negative lens a negative lens
  • a negative lens a negative lens
  • a negative lens a negative lens
  • a positive lens laens having a positive refractive power
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6,940,655 describes a two-group type zoom lens in which the first lens group is formed of four lenses, i.e., a negative lens, a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens disposed in order from the object side (Example 1).
  • U.S. Pat. No. 7,050,240 describes a two-group type zoom lens in which the first lens group is formed of four lenses, i.e., a negative lens, a negative lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens disposed in order from the object side and the second lens group is also formed of four lenses, i.e., a positive lens, a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens disposed in order from the object side (Example 1).
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6,169,635 describes a two-group type zoom lens in which the first lens group is formed of four lenses, i.e., a negative lens, a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens disposed in order from the object side and the second lens group is also formed of four lenses, i.e., a positive lens, a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens disposed in order from the object side (Example 4).
  • the zoom lenses described above have the following problems. That is, the zoom lens described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,877,901 has a small zoom ratio, the zoom lens described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,940,655 has a wide angle of view but the zoom ratio is small and the F-number is large, the zoom lens described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,050,240 has a wide angle of view with a large zoom ratio but there is still room for improvement in the distortion aberration, the zoom lens described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,169,635 has a narrow angle of view with a large F-number, and the zoom lens described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,844,724 has a wide angle of view with a large zoom ratio but the overall length is long and high cost due to a large total number of lenses.
  • the present invention has been developed in view of the circumstances described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a zoom lens having a small F-number with a reduced size and well corrected aberrations, such as distortion aberration and the like.
  • a first zoom lens of the present invention is a zoom lens substantially consisting of a first lens group having a negative refractive power and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, disposed in order from the object side, wherein:
  • zooming is performed by moving the first lens group and the second lens group;
  • the first lens group is substantially composed of a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens having a positive refractive power;
  • the zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression given below: 0.00 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.35 (1-1).
  • substantially consisting of a first lens group and a second lens group refers to include the case in which a lens having substantially no refractive power, an optical element other than a lens, such as an aperture stop, a cover glass, and the like, a lens flange, a lens barrel, an image sensor, a mechanical component, such as a camera shake correction mechanism, and the like, are included in addition to the lens groups.
  • the first lens group is substantially composed of a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens having a positive refractive power” and description with respect to the second lens group of “the second lens group is substantially composed of four lenses” to be discussed herein below.
  • a cemented lens may be used for a lens constituting each lens group and in the case where the cemented lens is formed of n lenses cemented together, the cemented lens is counted as n lenses.
  • the term “zoom lens of the present invention” or “zoom lens according to the present invention” as used herein refers to include both of the first zoom lens and a second zoom lens to be described later, unless otherwise specifically described.
  • the surface shape and the sign of the refractive power of a lens are considered within the paraxial region if an aspherical surface is included.
  • the first zoom lens according to the present invention preferably satisfies, in particular, a conditional expression given below within the range defined by the conditional expression (1-1): 0.20 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.35 (1-2).
  • the first zoom lens according to the present invention more preferably satisfies, in particular, a conditional expression given below within the range defined by the conditional expression (1-1): 0.31 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.35 (1-3).
  • a second zoom lens of the present invention is a zoom lens substantially consisting of a first lens group having a negative refractive power and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, disposed in order from the object side, wherein:
  • zooming is performed by moving the first lens group and the second lens group;
  • the first lens group is substantially composed of a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens having a positive refractive power;
  • the second lens group is substantially composed of four lenses
  • the zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression given below: 0.00 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.43 (1-4).
  • the second zoom lens according to the present invention preferably satisfies, in particular, a conditional expression given below within the range defined by the conditional expression (1-4): 0.20 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.43 (1-5), and more preferably satisfies the conditional expression described above: 0.31 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.35 (1-3).
  • an imaging apparatus includes either one of the foregoing zoom lenses according to the present invention.
  • the first zoom lens according to the present invention may inhibit increase in aberrations accompanied by increase in the angle of view while preventing cost increase by forming the first lens group with four lenses in which a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens having a positive refractive power are disposed in order from the object side. Further, distortion aberration may be corrected satisfactorily, as the second lens is made, in particular, to have a positive refractive power.
  • the first zoom lens according to the present invention has the following advantageous effects by satisfying the conditional expression (1-1).
  • the conditional expression (1-1) defines the relationship between the focal length of the entire system at the wide angle end and the focal length of the second lens group. If the first zoom lens exceeds the upper limit value of the conditional expression (1-1), the refractive power of the second lens group becomes too strong and satisfactory correction of aberrations over the entire zoom range becomes difficult, which is undesirable. In the case where the first zoom lens satisfies the conditional expression (1-1), the foregoing shortcomings are prevented and aberrations may be corrected satisfactorily over the entire zoom range, as well as achieving downsizing of the entire optical system.
  • the refractive power of the second lens group becomes weak and the amount of movement of the second lens group is increased at the time of zooming, thereby resulting in an extended overall length of the entire optical system and downsizing becomes difficult, which is undesirable.
  • the foregoing shortcomings are prevented and the entire optical system may be downsized easily. This holds true also in the case where the first zoom lens satisfies the conditional expression (1-3).
  • the second zoom lens according to the present invention may inhibit increase in aberrations accompanied by increase in the angle of view while preventing cost increase by forming the first lens group with four lenses in which a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens having a positive refractive power are disposed in order from the object side. Further, distortion aberration may be corrected satisfactorily because, in particular, a lens having a positive refractive power is used as the second lens. Still further, the second zoom lens may inhibit variation in aberration due to zooming while preventing cost increase by forming the second lens group with four lenses.
  • the second zoom lens according to the present invention has the following advantageous effects by satisfying the conditional expression (1-4).
  • the conditional expression (1-4) defines the relationship between the focal length of the entire system at the wide angle end and the focal length of the second lens group, as in the conditional expression (1-1). If the second zoom lens exceeds the upper limit of the conditional expression (1-4), the refractive power of the second lens group becomes too strong and satisfactory correction of aberrations over the entire zoom range becomes difficult, which is undesirable. In the case where the second zoom lens satisfies the conditional expression (1-4), the foregoing shortcomings are prevented and aberrations may be corrected satisfactorily over the entire zoom range, as well as achieving downsizing of the entire optical system.
  • the refractive power of the second lens group becomes weak and the amount of movement of the second lens group is increased at the time of zooming, thereby resulting in an extended overall length of the entire optical system and downsizing becomes difficult, which is undesirable.
  • the second zoom lens satisfies the conditional expression (1-5)
  • the foregoing shortcomings are prevented and the entire optical system may be downsized easily. This holds true also in the case where the first zoom lens satisfies the conditional expression (1-3).
  • the zoom lens of the present invention may have a sufficiently small F-number, as specifically illustrated in numerical examples to be described later.
  • the imaging apparatus according to the present invention may have favorable optical performance with a reduced size, as the apparatus includes the zoom lens of the present invention having the foregoing advantageous effects.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a zoom lens according to Example 1 of the present invention, illustrating the lens configuration thereof.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a zoom lens according to Example 2 of the present invention, illustrating the lens configuration thereof.
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a zoom lens according to Example 3 of the present invention, illustrating the lens configuration thereof.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a zoom lens according to Example 4 of the present invention, illustrating the lens configuration thereof.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a zoom lens according to Example 5 of the present invention, illustrating the lens configuration thereof.
  • FIG. 6 shows aberration diagrams A to H of the zoom lens according to Example 1 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 shows aberration diagrams A to H of the zoom lens according to Example 2 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 shows aberration diagrams A to H of the zoom lens according to Example 3 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 shows aberration diagrams A to H of the zoom lens according to Example 4 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 shows aberration diagrams A to H of the zoom lens according to Example 5 of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic configuration diagram of an imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a zoom lens according to an embodiment of the present invention, illustrating a configuration example, which corresponds to a zoom lens of Example 1 to be described later.
  • FIGS. 2 to 5 are cross-sectional views, illustrating other configuration examples, each corresponding to each of zoom lenses of Example 2 to 5.
  • the basic configurations of the examples illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5 are identical to each other, except for a particularly described difference, and the methods of illustration are also identical, so that the zoom lens according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described mainly with reference to FIG. 1 .
  • the left side is the object side and the right side is the image side, in which the diagram A illustrates the arrangement of the optical system in infinity focusing state at the wide angle end (state of the shortest focal length) while the diagram B illustrates the arrangement of the optical system in infinity focusing state at the telephoto end (state of the longest focal length). Note that the same applies to FIGS. 2 to 5 , to be described later.
  • the zoom lens according to an embodiment of the present invention is formed of a first lens group G 1 having a negative refractive power and a second lens group G 2 having a positive refractive power disposed in order from the object side as lens groups. Further, a fixed aperture stop St, which does not move during zooming, is disposed between the first lens group G 1 and the second lens group G 2 .
  • the aperture stop St shown here does not necessarily represent the size and shape but rather indicates the position on the optical axis Z.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example in which a parallel plate optical member PP is disposed between the second lens group G 2 and the image plane Sim.
  • a cover glass and various types of filters such as a low-pass filter, an infrared cut filter, and the like, are disposed between the optical system and the image plane Sim according to the structure on the camera side on which the zoom lens is mounted.
  • the optical member PP represents such a cover glass and various types of filters.
  • some imaging devices in recent years employ a three-CCD system that uses a CCD for each color in order to improve image quality, and a color separation optical system, such as a color separation prism or the like, will be inserted between the lens system and the image plane Sim in order to accommodate the three-CCD system. If that is the case, the color separation optical system may be disposed at the position of the optical member PP.
  • the zoom lens is formed such that, upon zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the first lens group G 1 is moved to the side of the image plane Sim so as to draw a convex trajectory while the second lens group G 2 is moved monotonically to the object side.
  • FIG. 1 schematically illustrates the movement trajectories of the first lens group G 1 and second lens group G 2 upon zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end by solid lines between the diagrams A and B.
  • the first lens group G 1 is formed of four lenses in which a first lens L 11 having a negative refractive power, a second lens L 12 having a positive refractive power, a third lens L 13 having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens L 14 having a positive refractive power are disposed in order from the object side.
  • the first lens L 11 may have a negative meniscus shape
  • the second lens L 12 may have an aspherical shape on both the object side surface and the image side surface
  • the third lens L 13 may have a negative meniscus shape
  • the fourth lens L 14 may have a positive meniscus shape, as in the example shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the object side surface of the second lens L 12 is formed in an aspherical surface with a concave surface on the object side in the paraxial region. Further, at least either one of the object side surface and the image side surface (both surfaces in the example of FIG. 1 ) is formed in an aspherical surface having at least one inflection point on the surface from the center to the effective diameter. Note that, particularly in Example 2, the object side surface of the second lens L 12 is formed in an aspherical surface with a convex surface on the object side in the paraxial region and without any inflection point on the surface from the center to the effective diameter.
  • the second lens group G 2 is formed of four lenses in which a first lens L 21 having a positive refractive power, a second lens L 22 having a positive refractive power, a third lens L 23 having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens L 24 having a positive refractive power are disposed in order from the object side.
  • the first lens L 21 may have an aspherical shape on both the object side surface and the image side surface
  • the second lens L 22 may have a biconvex shape
  • the third lens L 23 may have a negative meniscus shape
  • the fourth lens L 24 may have a biconvex shape, as in the example shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the first lens group G 1 is formed of four lenses in which the first lens L 11 having a negative refractive power, the second lens L 12 having a positive refractive power, the third lens L 13 having a negative refractive power, and the fourth lens L 14 having a positive refractive power are disposed in order from the object side.
  • This may prevent increase in aberrations accompanied by increase in the angle of view while preventing cost increase. Further, distortion aberration may be corrected satisfactorily by making the second lens L 12 to have a positive refractive power.
  • the second lens L 12 of the first lens group G 1 has an aspherical surface on the object side surface, distortion aberration may be corrected satisfactorily, and the cost of the zoom lens may be kept low in comparison with the case in which the first lens L 11 is formed in an aspherical surface. That is, the positions where the axial light beam and off-axial light beam pass through are generally separated largely before and after the first lens L 11 , and the first lens L 11 or the second lens L 12 is preferably an aspherical lens in order to satisfactorily correct distortion aberration.
  • the first lens L 11 generally has a relatively large diameter, if the second lens L 12 having relatively a small diameter is formed in an aspherical surface, the cost of the aspherical lens is reduced and eventually the cost of the zoom lens may be kept low.
  • the object side surface of the second lens L 12 is formed in an aspherical surface with a concave surface on the object side, in particular, in the paraxial region, so that spherical aberration and distortion aberration may be corrected satisfactorily.
  • At least either one of the object side surface and the image side surface of the second lens L 12 is formed in an aspherical surface having at least one inflection point on the surface from the center to the effective diameter, so that distortion aberration and field curvature at the wide angle end may be corrected satisfactorily.
  • second lens group G 2 with four lenses may inhibit variation in aberration due to zooming while preventing cost increase.
  • the second lens group G 2 is formed of four lenses in which the first lens L 21 having a positive refractive power, the second lens L 22 having a positive refractive power, the third lens L 23 having a negative refractive power, and the fourth lens having a positive power are disposed in order from the object side.
  • This may inhibit variation in aberration due to zooming. That is, if the first lens L 21 and the second lens L 22 of the second lens group G 2 are positive lenses, the axial light beam outputted from the first lens group G 1 and diffused largely may be converged by the two positive lenses L 21 and L 22 in a shared manner, so that the high order spherical aberration may be kept small and variation in aberration due to zooming may be inhibited.
  • the first lens group G 1 is formed of the first lens L 11 having a negative refractive power, the second lens L 12 having a positive refractive power, the third lens L 13 having a negative refractive power, and the fourth lens L 14 having a positive refractive power disposed in order from the object side, as described above.
  • the present zoom lens satisfies all of the conditional expressions described above: 0.00 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.35 (1-1); 0.20 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.35 (1-2); and 0.31 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.35 (1-3).
  • the conditional expression (1-1) defines the relationship between the focal length of the entire system at the wide angle end and the focal length of the second lens group G 2 . If the zoom lens exceeds the upper limit value of the conditional expression (1-1), the refractive power of the second lens group becomes too strong and satisfactory correction of aberrations over the entire zoom range becomes difficult, which is undesirable. As the present zoom lens satisfies the conditional expression (1-1), the foregoing shortcomings are prevented and aberrations may be corrected satisfactorily over the entire zoom range.
  • conditional expression (1-2) or conditional expression (1-3) If the zoom lens falls below the lower limit value of the conditional expression (1-2) or conditional expression (1-3), the refractive power of the second lens group G 2 becomes weak and the amount of movement of the second lens group G 2 is increased at the time of zooming, thereby resulting in an extended overall length of the entire optical system and downsizing becomes difficult, which is undesirable.
  • the present zoom lens satisfies the conditional expressions (1-2) and (1-3), the foregoing shortcomings are prevented and the entire optical system may be downsized easily.
  • the first lens group G 1 is formed of the first lens L 11 having a negative refractive power, the second lens L 12 having a positive refractive power, the third lens L 13 having a negative refractive power, and the fourth lens L 14 having a positive refractive power disposed in order from the object side, as described above.
  • the present zoom lens satisfies all of the conditional expressions: 0.00 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.43 (1-4); 0.20 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.43 (1-5); and 0.31 ⁇ fw/f 2 ⁇ 0.35 (1-3).
  • conditional expression (1-4) defines the relationship between the focal length of the entire system at the wide angle end and the focal length of the second lens group G 2 , as in the conditional expression (1-1). If the zoom lens exceeds the upper limit value of the conditional expression (1-4), the refractive power of the second lens group becomes too strong and satisfactory correction of aberrations over the entire zoom range becomes difficult, which is undesirable. As the present zoom lens satisfies the conditional expression (1-4), the foregoing shortcomings are prevented and aberrations may be corrected satisfactorily over the entire zoom range.
  • conditional expression (1-5) or conditional expression (1-3) If the zoom lens falls below the lower limit value of the conditional expression (1-5) or conditional expression (1-3), the refractive power of the second lens group G 2 becomes weak and the amount of movement of the second lens group G 2 is increased at the time of zooming, thereby resulting in an extended overall length of the entire optical system and downsizing becomes difficult, which is undesirable.
  • the present zoom lens satisfies the conditional expressions (1-5) and (1-3), the foregoing shortcomings are prevented and the entire optical system may be downsized easily.
  • the present zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression given below, so that the following advantageous effects may also be obtained: 0.00 ⁇
  • the zoom lens satisfies, in particular, a conditional expression given below within the range defined by the conditional expression (2), the foregoing advantageous effects become more significant: 0.20 ⁇
  • the present zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression given below, so that the following advantageous effects may also be obtained: ⁇ 0.11 ⁇ fw/f G12 ⁇ 0.12 (3). That is, the conditional expression (3) defines the relationship between the focal length of the entire system at the wide angle end and the focal length of the second lens L 12 in the first lens group.
  • the zoom lens falls below the lower limit of the conditional expression (3), the refractive power of the second lens L 12 will shift to the negative side and the balance in refraction between the center light beam and the peripheral light beam is disrupted, whereby the correction of distortion aberration becomes difficult, which is undesirable. Contrary to this, if the zoom lens exceeds the upper limit value of the conditional expression (3), the positive refractive power of the second lens L 12 becomes too strong and the negative refractive power of the entire first lens group G 1 becomes insufficient and it becomes difficult to increase the angle of view.
  • the present zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression given below, so that the following advantageous effects may also be obtained: 0.56 ⁇
  • the zoom lens falls below the lower limit value of the conditional expression (4), the refractive power of the second lens group G 2 becomes weak and the amount of movement of the second lens group G 2 is increased at the time of zooming, thereby resulting in an extended overall length of the entire optical system and downsizing becomes difficult, which is undesirable.
  • the zoom lens exceeds the upper limit value of the conditional expression (4), the refractive power of the first lens group G 1 becomes insufficient and the diameter of the first lens L 11 located on the most object side needs to be increased in order to secure the angle of view, whereby downsizing becomes difficult, which is undesirable.
  • the zoom lens satisfies the conditional expression (4), the foregoing shortcomings are prevented and the entire optical system may be downsized easily.
  • the present zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression given below, so that the following advantageous effects may also be obtained: ⁇ 0.19 ⁇
  • the zoom lens falls below the lower limit value of the conditional expression (5), the positive refractive power of the second lens L 12 becomes strong and the refractive power of a lens having a negative refractive power in the first lens group (first lens L 11 or third lens L 13 ) becomes too strong in order to compensate for this, whereby correction of aberrations becomes difficult, which is undesirable.
  • the zoom lens exceeds the upper limit value of the conditional expression (5), the negative refractive power of the second lens L 12 becomes too strong and correction of distortion aberration becomes difficult, which is undesirable.
  • the zoom lens satisfies the conditional expression (5), the foregoing shortcomings are prevented and distortion aberration and other aberrations may be corrected satisfactorily.
  • the present zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression given below, so that the following advantageous effects may also be obtained: 0.20 ⁇ H G12F ⁇ (1/ r′ G12F )
  • conditional expression (6) defines, with respect to the object side surface of the second lens L 12 in the first lens group G 1 , the relationship between the maximum effective radius and the aspherical shape.
  • the present zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression given below, so that the following advantageous effects may also be obtained: 2.0 ⁇ ( r G12F +r G12R )/( r G12F ⁇ r G12R ) ⁇ 30.0 (7). That is, the conditional expression (7) defines the shape of the second lens L 12 of the first lens group G 1 .
  • the present zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression given below, so that the following advantageous effects may also be obtained: 2.5 ⁇ ( r G11F +r G11R )/( r G11F ⁇ r G11R ) ⁇ 10.0 (8). That is, the conditional expression (8) defines the shape of the first lens L 11 in the first lens group G 1 .
  • the present zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression given below, so that the following advantageous effects may also be obtained: 1.3 ⁇ f G21 /f G22 ⁇ 3.0 (9). That is, the conditional expression (9) defines, with respect to the first lens L 21 and the second lens L 22 in the second lens group G 2 , the relationship between their focal lengths. If the zoom lens falls below the lower limit value of the conditional expression (9), spherical aberration is under corrected, which is undesirable.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example case in which an optical member PP is disposed between the lens system and image forming surface but, instead of disposing various types of filters, such as a low-pass filter, a filter that will cut a particular wavelength range, and the like as the optical member PP, the filters may be disposed between each lens or a coating having an identical effect to that of the filter may be provided on a lens surface of any of the lenses.
  • filters such as a low-pass filter, a filter that will cut a particular wavelength range, and the like
  • the Ri column indicates the radius of curvature of i th surface and the Di column indicates the surface distance between i th surface and (i+1) th surface on the optical axis Z. Note that the sign of the radius of curvature is positive if the surface shape is convex on the object side and negative if it is convex on the image side.
  • the ⁇ dj column indicates the Abbe number of j th component with respect to the d-line.
  • the basic lens data shown include an aperture stop St and “ ⁇ (Aperture)” is indicated in the column of radius of curvature of the surface corresponding to the aperture stop St.
  • the symbols D8, D9, and D17 in the basic lens data are surface distances that will vary at the time of zooming, in which D8 represents the distance between the first lens group G 1 and the aperture stop St, D9 represents the distance between the aperture stop St and second lens group G 2 , and D17 represents the distance between the second lens group G 2 and the optical member PP.
  • the zoom data shown in Table 2 indicate focal length (f) of the entire system, F-number (Fno.), total angle of view (2 ⁇ ), and value of each surface distance that will vary at the time of zooming at each of the wide angle end and the telephoto end.
  • an asterisk mark * is attached to the surface number of an aspherical surface and a value of paraxial radius of curvature is shown as the radius of curvature of the aspherical surface.
  • the aspherical surface data shown in Table 3 indicate surface numbers of aspherical surfaces and aspherical surface coefficients of each aspherical surface.
  • the value “E-n” (n: integer) represents “ ⁇ 10 ⁇ n ”.
  • Zd depth of aspheric surface (length of vertical line from a point on the aspheric surface at height h to a flat surface orthogonal to the optical axis to which the aspherical apex contacts);
  • h height (distance from the optical axis to lens surface);
  • Example 1 Example 2
  • Example 3 Example 4
  • Example 5 Conditional 0.317 0.344 0.319 0.320 0.320 Expression (1)
  • Conditional 0.409 0.453 0.409 0.410 0.412 Expression (2)
  • Expression (3)
  • Expression (4)
  • Expression (6) Conditional 10.726 0.279 3.190 3.298 2.204
  • Expression Conditional 3.194 4.653 2.913 2.967 2.920
  • Expression Conditional 2.374 2.006 2.386 2.372 2.369 Expression (9)
  • Spherical aberration, astigmatism, distortion (distortion aberration), and lateral chromatic aberration (chromatic aberration of magnification) of Example 1 at the wide angle end are illustrated respectively in diagrams A to D of FIG. 6 while spherical aberration, astigmatism, distortion (distortion aberration), and lateral chromatic aberration (chromatic aberration of magnification) of Example 1 at the telephoto end are illustrated respectively in diagrams E to H of FIG. 6 .
  • Each aberration diagram is with respect to the d-line (wavelength of 587.6 nm), but the spherical aberration diagrams also illustrate aberrations with respect to the g-line (wavelength of 435.8 nm) and C-line (wavelength of 656.3 nm), and the lateral chromatic aberration diagrams illustrate aberrations with respect to the g-line and the C-line.
  • the solid line illustrates astigmatism in the sagittal direction while the dotted line illustrates astigmatism in the tangential direction.
  • the Fno. in the spherical aberration diagrams represents the F-number and ⁇ in the other aberration diagrams represents the half angle of view.
  • Example 2 aberrations of Example 2 at the wide angle end and at the telephoto end are illustrated respectively in the diagrams A to H of FIG. 7 .
  • aberration diagrams of Examples 3 to 5 are shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 .
  • FIG. 11 a schematic configuration diagram of an imaging apparatus 10 that uses a zoom lens 1 of an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 11 .
  • the imaging apparatus for example, a surveillance camera, a video camera, or an electronic still camera may be cited.
  • the imaging apparatus 10 illustrated in FIG. 11 includes the zoom lens 1 , an image sensor 2 disposed on the image side of the zoom lens 1 and captures an image of a subject formed by the zoom lens 1 , a signal processing unit 4 that performs an arithmetic operation on the output signal from the image sensor 2 , a zoom control unit 5 for zooming the zoom lens 1 , and a focus control unit 6 for performing focus control.
  • a filter or the like may be disposed between the zoom lens 1 and the image sensor 2 .
  • the zoom lens 1 has a first lens group G 1 having a negative refractive power and is moved to the image side so as to draw a convex trajectory upon zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, a second lens group G 2 having a positive refractive power and is moved monotonically to the object side upon zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and a fixed aperture stop St. Note that each lens group is schematically illustrated in FIG. 11 .
  • the image sensor 2 outputs an electrical signal by capturing an optical image formed by the zoom lens 1 and is disposed such that the imaging surface thereof corresponds to the image plane.
  • an image sensor formed of CCD, CMOS, or the like may be used.
  • the imaging apparatus 10 may further include a shake correction mechanism that corrects blurring of captured image at the time of vibration or camera shake by moving, for example, a lens having a positive refractive power and constituting a part of the second lens group G 2 in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis Z.
  • a shake correction mechanism that corrects blurring of captured image at the time of vibration or camera shake by moving, for example, a lens having a positive refractive power and constituting a part of the second lens group G 2 in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis Z.
  • the imaging apparatus 10 includes the zoom lens of the present invention having the advantageous effects described above, the apparatus may realize downsizing, low cost, and increased angle of view, as well as favorable optical performance.

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